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Oman’s Blocks 3&4: Output Rebound Hopes Recede
...%. Output is now at the lowest since Q4 2014 when production was just ramping up (see chart). At the start of 2023, Tethys’ annual output guidance was 30,000-33,000 b/d, a projection that was only just met by actual 1H production of 30,670 b/d (MEES, 21 July) but now looks beyond reach. Indeed, up...
Volume: 66Issue: 44Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2023 -
BP/Adnoc Deal For Israel’s NewMed Under Threat
...inked in 2014 between Woodside and NewMed (Delek Drilling at the time) for a 25% of Leviathan fell apart just hours before it was due to be inked due to reported clashes between the Australian firm’s hierarchy and Mr Tshuva (MEES, 23 May 2014). BP and Adnoc will not be expecting to take full co...
Volume: 66Issue: 40Published at Fri, 06 Oct 2023 -
Israel’s Leviathan: FID For 1.4bn Cfd Expansion, But FLNG Plans Stall
...own) and its then partners at the Tamar field came close to an agreement with a Korean consortium to secure an FLNG for Tamar expansion. A year later a deal to sell 25% of Leviathan to Australia’s Woodside also fell through – the deal had targeted FLNG for the field’s development (MEES, 23 May 2014...
Volume: 66Issue: 27Published at Fri, 07 Jul 2023 -
Egypt Output Gains Threatened By Mounting Receivables
...erating costs with substantial drilling and investment needed just to keep output stable. As such, several firms suffered near death experiences (indeed, some went bust) when oil prices tanked in 2014-15 and again in 2020. Having not fully recovered from the previous slump, spending and drilling were sl...
Volume: 66Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2023 -
Australia’s Woodside Finally Enters East Med, Teaming Up With Chevron On Egypt Blocks
...mmissioned for a world beating 4.6mn t/y facility (MEES, 24 February). As for whether Woodside may look to expand its Chevron collaboration to other regional assets, intriguingly the Australian firm back in 2014 came close to paying $2.5bn for a 25% stake in Leviathan before the deal was kyboshed due to re...
Volume: 66Issue: 17Published at Fri, 28 Apr 2023 -
QatarEnergy’s Overseas Strategy Enters Pivotal Phase
...d MEES calculates that QatarEnergy’s net output last year was 13,235 boe/d (primarily oil). QatarEnergy also nets around 9,000 boe/d from the Shell-operated Parque das Conchas license in Brazil. It has been present at the development since 2014. There are also modest volumes of approximately 2,...
Volume: 66Issue: 16Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2023 -
Prospects For A Prolonged Ceasefire Rekindle Yemen Oil Sector Hopes
...ghters in their areas of control. Despite seizing vast swathes of territory since 2014, including the key Ras Isa oil export terminal, the Houthis have failed to gain control of Yemen’s oil-producing regions (see map). Instead, oil export revenues are being accrued by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in...
Volume: 66Issue: 15Published at Fri, 14 Apr 2023 -
QatarEnergy In Mauritania As Namibia Excitement Builds
...jor subsequently relinquished in 2014. MAURITANIA: SHELL IS NOW THE KEY EXPLORATION PLAYER ALONGSIDE BP’S PSCs...
Volume: 66Issue: 14Published at Fri, 07 Apr 2023 -
ARA PetroleumTargets 30,000 boe/d Oman Output
...aller firms such as CCED, Medco and Tethys. One player which often escapes the limelight is Omani independent E&P firm ARA Petroleum which operates three assets in the country. ARA was founded in 2014 by parent company Al Zubair, formally known as Muscat Trading Company. The firm specializes in “un...
Volume: 66Issue: 10Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2023 -
Majors Outspend Capex Targets Amid Record Profits
...y of $100/B. But they were higher over the years to 2014. The big change since then has been that capital spending remains restrained. The five firms’ total 2022 outlay of $95.6bn was less than half 2013’s $195.5bn, meaning much plumper margins (see chart). All five firms, nevertheless, su...
Volume: 66Issue: 06Published at Fri, 10 Feb 2023 -
Oil Services Firms See Mideast Driving Growth, For 2023 And Beyond
...iven by massive capacity expansion programs in the UAE (see p2), Saudi Arabia and Qatar. “We are poised to certainly have record revenue in Middle East during this cycle, and eclipse the previous 2014 peak [of $11.9bn] by a margin,” SLB CEO Olivier Le Peuch told his firm’s 20 January earnings call. Al...
Volume: 66Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2023 -
Oman/Japan LNG Deals
...an’s energy ministry signed an MoU with Japanese state energy body Jogmec to deepen energy sector cooperation. The MoU adds “collaboration towards commercial and technical issues relating to clean energy” to a previous oil and gas-focused 2014 MoU. In expanding the scope of cooperation, Jogmec notes th...
Volume: 66Issue: 01Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2023